Hetna Regitze Bruun, mezzo-soprano Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano Danish National Choir Danish National Symphony Orchestra Danish National Vocal Ensemble Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Peter Lodahl, tenor Johan Reuter, baritone Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) was an odd, lonely figure in Danish music. The three works on this SACD are among his most effective and visionary orchestral works. They are apocalyptic works with a religious message, and each involves a musical contrast between a chaotic, doomed world and a celestial world of beauty and light. The Music of the Spheres, with its evocative, striking timbres, is Langgaard’s most original and forward-pointing work, and a major work of Scandinavian music. - 1-15: Sfærernes musik, BVN 128 (Music of the Spheres) (1916-1918) For soprano solo, chorus, orchestra and distant orchestra - 16-19: Endens tid (The Time of the End), BVN 243 (1921-23/1939-40/1943) For mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra -20 Fra dybet (From the Abyss), BVN 414 , (1950/52)